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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-01-07
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Several cases Of scarlet fever are report
ed in Salem.
Extra ser, ices are being held in all the
churches this week.
Barnums circus will exhibit in Salem in
April or May.
1t is said that shirt factory will be
started in the Rumsey building.
Eggs are selling in Salem at thrty-eght
and forty cents per dozen.
Salem National Banking Co. has de-
clarcd semiannual dividend of five per
cent.
r. NJ. Davis, the poulterer, purchased
los. 900 pounds of poultry during the
months oil November and December.
The freight extension has already been
put tie use, freight cars having been loaded
and despatched by business men along the
route.
The Young Woman Christian Temper
ance Union will hold another entertain
ment in the Lecture Hail. Feb. 10th. One
of the features will be a japanese wedding
and every one present will receive cup OF
tee.
Capt. l.. II. | Don, a prominent and re-
spected citizen, died on Saturday morning
last aged 70 years. The deceased was born
in Cumberland county and came to Salem
in 1921 and strted line of packets be-
tween Salem and Philadelphia, in which
business he continued until 1851. lie was
stricken with paralysis several years ago
and has been almost helpless since. A
fresh stroke last Friday terminated his
life. lie was buried ON Wednesday.
The plaster cornce in the court room
fell to the floor on Friday night last Some
of the pieces weighed twenty or twenty
five pounds, and had they fallen while
court was in session there wonld have been
big trouble. There seems to be tendency
on the part of our public buildings to fall
piccemeal. Some years ago several citl-
zens sitting in front of the clerk S ONCE
had narrow escape from seme fragments
Of ornamental work that suddenly ieil
from the top OF the column beside the
doorway and just cleared their heads.
More safety and less gingerbread would be
preferable.
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from - cts. to s.. so, much under regular
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80 =. n. sundays, SIS \. NJ. and $40 Pm
Trains leave Phlauelphia.-Sl0A A. NJ, 100, 3. 40
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DANlEs-CONLIS.-- AT residence OF brides
mother. Pitman Grove. on Dec. 45th. by Rev
j Ward Clark. Evan Davies. OF II nrfville. and
>allis Conlin
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01

wants to, and no one about the office in
terfereS with him in the slightest de-
gree. He is regarded as a privileged
character, and his copy is rarely ''cut'
or changed, as is done with the copy of
almost everybody else about the eStab-
lishment. He is generally all industri-
Gus individual. He works seven days
a week, and never thinks of holiday.
In fact, his life is regular treadmill.
He has about so much space to fill every
day, and he chooses his own hours to do
the work. There are no arbitrary rules
to govern him on this score. If he wants
to come down early in the morning and
finish up his work by the middle of the
afternoon, and then go out calling or to
the theater in the evening, he can do so;
or, if he prefers to stay away from the
Office all day and come in at any time
during the night, simply getting his
copy in before the paper goes to press,
no one says a word to him. He makes
his own assignments and fills them to
suit himself. And yet the position is
very trying one, and if man fills it
successfully he must possess ability of a
high order and peculiar temperament.
He writes the leading or heavy editori-
ais, and occasionally, if he feels ambi-
tious, dashes off a lot of paragraphs.
Capt. George III. Motfett occupies the
chair of chief editorial writer for the
GIOBE
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severely wounded John Wynn. Wynn's re-
covery is impossible
This is only short sample, but the
same process is necessary through page
after page of manifold during the en-
tire night. The telegraph editor, 1t VIII
be seen, not only changes the phrase
ology and the construction of the SEN
fences, but supplies missing words. lie
also indicates the classification in which
the article or the paragraph should ap-
pear. The telegraph editor is also eX-
pected to keep track of important
events to occur in future, and give no.
tice to the managing editor or notify the
correspondent, SO there may be no pos
sibilty of missing the news.
The gathering of the news by tele-
graph is really the most important
branch of the daily paper business.
This telegraphic news is gathered from
all parts of the civilized world at IN
enormous annual expense. The system
of gathering this news is far in advance
of what it was several years ago, and it
is being constantly enlarged and I'M
proved. The telegraph is used almost
exclusively for news nowadays. NO
newspaper thinks of using the mails.
Up to within very recent period the
papers of the country depended very
| largely on the Associated Press for all
| Geographic matter, but this method has
never been satisfactory, and there has
been a gradual abandonment of it and
| the building up of a special service. b,
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of the position has gradually increased
ever since. In good many of the large
Offices of the country one or two assist
ants are employed, and all of them have
their hands full and are kept busy con-
denSing, retOuching and cutting out al
together. The telegraph editor must of
necessity have a good knowledge of cur
rent events and an intuitive idea of the
Importance of news. The telegraph
matter comes into his hands in two diff
ferent shapes-the Associated Press re-
port, on thin, long sheets of tissue paper
called manifold paper, half dozen
copies or more being taken at one writ
ing), and the specials" copied on Il
peculiar MANILA writing paper. 1t is the
DUTY OF THE TELEGRAPH EDITOR
to handle all this copy and get it in
proper shape for the printers. He sup
plies all lacking words, punctuates and
capitalizes, writes heads and sub-headS
in fact, the matter is supposed to leave
his hands just as it should appear in the
paper, and the printer is instructed to
follow copy. The telegraph editor has
to exercise good deal of Judgment
giving those matters space which are Of
interest and Importance, and cOndenSing
those which are of trivial or ordinary
nature. a very large amount of the tel
egraphic matter received nightly is not
used. There is good deal of - sluSh =
mixed in with it, and it is the telegraph
editors business to get rid of this. Also,
| on nights when there is a cruSh-more
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01
THE OPERATOR AT WORK.

semblance to the matter as it appears
in print. The copy, as it comes from
the telegraph operators hands, is sight
to see. No attention is paid by the oper-
atOr to capitalization OF punctuation,
and a good many of the operators pay
no attention to the construction of SEN
fences. A sa consequence, good deal
of the. copy is almost unintelligible.
The telegraph company has recently
MADE AN INNOVATION,
which greatly improves the service.
Receiving operators are required to
make typewriter copies of the matter.
This makes it much more legible, but
does not relieve the telegraph editor
from the necessity of supervising it, and
getting it in proper shape for the
printer. Some curious blunders are
made almost every night. For instance,
an operator sent in piece of telegraph
copy little while ago which read:
When the telegraph editor had put
the finishing touches on it, it read as
follows:
Adam Badeaus book will be ready for the
printers about July /.
A sample of a brief telegram as it
comes to the hands of the telegraph edi-
tor from the operator is appended:
N Alteration Is saloon sevening Ed
Hines shot severely wounded John Wynn
not possible Wynn recover
This is how it looks after the telegraph
editor fixes it up, and the composition
has set it in type.
NEW YORK, April 30.-In an alteration in
saloon, this evening, Ed Hines shot and
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spread on important news and keep
within proper limits matters of an Ordi-
nary character.
a recent improvement in the daily
newspaper Geographic service is the
special operator, who is located in
eue Office within arms length Of
the managing editor. His instrument
i connected with the main Office of the
western Union company, and all the
specials come in over this wire, leaving
the Associated Press business for the
telegraph company to handle, the latter
copy being sent to the Office by messen-
gers. The special operator in the GLOBE
Office has direct communication with the
special correspondents at Washington,
New York and Chicago, and can call
them up in minutes time. He can also
talk with any telegraph Office in the
United States with which the Western
Union Telegraph company has con-
nection. One can easily see what an
advantage this is to a newspaper. The
great value of the special wire is es-
pecially demonstrated late at night, just
before the "formS" are about to be
closed and the paper sent to press. An
important item OF news occurs at some
point at 2 o'clock or later in the morn
ing. The correspondent files special
giving an account OF it, and shortly be-
fore 3 o'clock it comes flashing over the
wires. 1t is switched" on to the GLOBE
z! wire and comes directly into the office.
AS fast as the operator ta'-aq fifty words
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leaves for home. He begins work at
7:30 p. M, unless additional duties i'm
posed upon him require his attendance
at the Office during the afternoon. He
keeps close watch on the amount of
space to be filled and the quantity of
matter being sent up to the composing
room, and when he finds there is going
to be too much matter for the space he
sees that the remainder of the matter is
cut down so as TO keep within the limits.
The night editor is also expected to be
well posted on current events, at home
and abroad, as he is largely depended
upon to prevent repetitions in publ
cation of items, so that nothing may ap-
pear again that has been printed be-
fore. lie generally takes charge of all
proof sheets and is expected to have
knowledge of everything that is printed
in the issue of that date. In the absence
of the managing editor the night editor
is in charge and is the recognized
authority in the office, and if any edit
orial comment is necessary on late news
he attends to it. George f. Clifford
holds the position of night editor on the
GLOBE.
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AN EDITORIAL CONFERENCE

matter than there is room for-he must
cut and slash to make both ends meet.
If he did not do this judiciOuSly
important news would be slaughtered
entirely or butchered so as to lose it's
force and effect. This is where the
ability of the telegraph editor is most
strongly tested. AS rule, an intelli
gent printer makes the most efficient
telegraph editor. 1t does not require
college graduate for the position. A
printer has acquired knowledge of all
the technical details about making para
graphs and run ms" punctuation, SEN
fences, and the scores of little things
peculiar to the business, and the work
is always familiar to him. The task of
the telegraph editor is one of the most
labOrious and confirming of any i'll a
daily newspaper office, though the
hours of labor are not so many. He
goes on daily at Z o'clock in the evening
and remains pretty steadily at his desk
until all the copy is in. After the last
take of telegraph copy there is marked
by the operator the magic number go"
The Interpretation of this is ''gOOd
night" and that means that there will
be no more copy that night. 1t is gen
orally about 2:30 when good night is
received, but it often happens that inn
poIIdllG HcWS occurs DIS ldtc, anu eNcll
later than that-big fires or sensational
happenings. Then there are later edi
tiOns issued, and the telegraph editor
may have to stay at his desk until the
sun rises high in the East. But the
mail trains must always be caught, and
if there is news that cannot be gotten in
the paper by $3.50 it must go over for the
later edition OF editions for city circula-
ton or points which are reached
by later trains. Few people have
any idea as to how telegraph
coyp looks. 1t certainly bears no re-
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the special service paper is enabled to
get just the news it wants, and as much
of it as it wantS-nO more, no less.
This plan of collecting the news en-
braces the appointment OF special CORE
spondents at all points which it is
deemed advisable to cover. These rep
resentativeS are instructed to telegraph
Immediately all news occurring in their
town or immediate vicinity. The paper,
of course, pays the tolls, having special
rate with the telegraph company very
much below the usual commercial rate
These correspondents receive pay for
their services-at a certain fixed rate
per column, their "stringS" being meas
ured up and checks sent to them month
ly. They are expected to send news on
the day of its occurrence, promptly, and
are paid extra for unusually important
matter or ''ScOOpS''-the latter being
news that is exclusive, and is published
in no other paper. For the
GATHERING OF THIS NEWS
the GLOBE has organized and commits
stoned an army of special telegraphic
correspondents in all parts of the United
States. OF course, the Northwest is
more thoroughly covered than any other
sectiOn-and especially Minnesota and
Dakota. In almost every city and town
in the state and territory named the
GLOBE has correspondent. The same
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may be said of Montana, Northern
Iowa and Western Wisconsin. Mani
toba is looked after through a special
bureau at Winnipeg, which is the news
center for all that vast region. Oregon,
Washington and Idaho are also special
fields looked after by GLOBE rep
resentatives. Special men at principal
points East and South are constantly on
the alert for fresh news, and they keep
the GLOBE fully posted. The three
great news centerS of the country
Washington, New York and Chicago
are especially looked after. Special cor
respondents in each Of these cities cover
the field so thoroughly that it is next to
impossible for any important event to
escape their notice, and ell the news of
national interest comes by wire to the
GLOBE daily, fresh and in attractive
form. The special cOrrespOndentS-tO
prevent duplication and to enable the
home Office to take only such matter as
it has room for-are intructed to file, as
early as possible, bulletins giving in
brief form the character OF the news to be
sent. III the editor wants it he telegraphS
back an order: "Send 100," or 500 or
1000 words, or more, las the case may be.
This plan enables the editor to make Q
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01
THE NIGHT EDITOR.
One Who Has to Have Staying

One Who Has to Have Staying
Powers and an Eagle Eye.
If an owl could be educated to the
proper point it would make an admir-
able and efficient night editor. For a
night editor is nothing less than night
owl, and consequently the work would
be congenial. A night editor is exactly
what his name implies. He is on duty
at night, and his work is done at night.
And very confirming position it is, too,
although his duties vary in different
Offices. Sometimes he is practically a
private secretary for the managing
editor; then again his powers are en-
larged and he looks after all the details
of getting out the paper. But generally
he handles all the correspondence and
edits it, and goes through all other mat
ter and gets it in shape, all of which he
submits to the managing editor for the
latter's approval. The managing editor
usually goes home about midnight, and
it is the duty of the night editor to re-
main and see that the paper is issued On
time. He directs the foreman of the
composing room in making up the
forms, and has authority to put in or
leave over
WHATEVER NATTER HE PIEASES.
This keeps him at the Office pretty
late, and it is $3.50 or 4 a. II. before he
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paper cannot form the faintest concep-
ton of the intricate magnitude of the
business. The collection and proper
preparation of the telegraph matter
which appears in its columns every day
is difficult and laborious task, and the
position of telegraph editor is one of the
most important on daily paper. The
telegraph editor is not relic of the past
ages, by any means. Papers were
printed long years before such position
was ever created, or was even thought
of-but it is fair to say that these papers
were not of a very high order of excel
lence as compared with the papers of
the present day. They were the papers
of the primitive days, when newspaper
enterprise was an unknown quantity
and when the editors, printers, and ev-
erybody else went to bed before mid
night. In those days-before the tele-
graph editor came into eXistence-the
dispatches were sent from the telegraph
office directly to the compositors, and in
some offices each printer edited his own
''take." He punctuated and capitalized
the matter to suit himself and put in the
"sub-heads" and display heads in ac-
cordance with his own judgment. AS a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01
ASSOCIATES AND SPECIALS.
Component Parts of a Newspaper
Which Fill in the Crevices.

There are usually connected with all
daily offices several associate and news
editors and number Of special writer's.
The associates sometimes have desks in
the office, but very often live elsewhere
and de their wsrk there. The FIRST as
sOciate assists in editorial work, and
when the editer-in-chief falls sick or is
called away suddenly he takes his chair
and writes the leaders, and everything
goes on just as if nobody had dropped
out temporarily-and the public is none
the wiser. An associate should be as
we'll qualified for editorial work as his
chief, because he is liable to be called
to take the helm at any moment. The
special writers are expected to get up
articles on special subjects, conduct de
matter; and prepare features on topics
which will interest and attract the atten-
ton of the public. E. w. S. Tingle is
the associate and news editor of the
GLOBE, and George ID. Eastin occupies
the special desk.
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handle before the hour for the paper to go
to press. Still, this is part of his duty,
and he makes it as pleasant for his
callers as possible. And, after all, such
intercourse is profitable to the paper. 1t
enables the managing editor to feel the
public pulse, to learn about the wants
and condition of the masses of the peo-
pie and ascertain the drift OF sentiment
on all the various questions of the day.
The managing editor of the GLOBE is
John =. Baker. His Office is on the
editorial floor (the eighth, i'll the corner,
fronting partly on Fourth and partly on
Cedar. The quarters are cheerful and
roomy, and furnished with rare good
taste, and it is doubtful if any manag-
ing editor in America has a nicer sane
tum. Although the door may be marked
private" any friend of tho GLOBE who
has business or anything of interest to
communicate is invited to pull the latch
string and come in without knocking.
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natural consequence there were many
ludicrous plumbers and embarrassing
errors: The telegraph copy was cut up
into "takes" by the foreman and given
to the printers, and it very often hap
pened that a printer would get
q take which was neither the
beginning or ending of SEN
tence; therefore it was not to be
wondered at that he often failed to make
any sense or meaning of it. This state
of affairs continued until forbearance
ceased to be virtue, and then the man
ayers of the larger and more important
papers began to introduce improve
ments. They began by having the copy
"fxed up" in the editorial room, so far
as writing the heads and sub-heads was
concerned; but the printer was left to
punctuate and capitalize and supply the
omitted words in the cepy-such as
"and," "the," etc. Finally it became
imperative that an editor be employed
whose sole duty it would be to handle
the telegraph copy. and the importance
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01
CHIEF EDITORIAL WRITER.
The Man Who Does Pretty Much
as He PIeases.

The duty of this gentleman is to write
the editorials and generally to shape the
political course of the paper, under in
structionS from the editor-in-chief. The
editorial writer usually sc>cts his own
subjects and writes about whate7~S he
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01
EDITING THE TELEGRAPH.
The Process by Which News by
Wire is Handled.

One who has no knowledge of the in
side workings of great daily news